stuff i find on the internet

Sunday, January 29, 2006

Apple Commercial Intel iMac Ad Side-by-Side Postal Service Music Video Compare Comparison

Ben from The Postal Service says:
It has recently come to our attention that Apple Computers’ new television commercial for the Intel chip features a shot-for-shot recreation of our video for ‘Such Great Heights’ made by the same filmmakers responsible for the original. We did not approve this commercialization and are extremely disappointed with both parties that this was executed without our consultation or consent.


Daring Fireball says:
There are, obviously, some very similar shots, but I don’t see how anyone could look at these two pieces and consider the commercial a “shot-by-shot recreation”.


I think most people who look at the side by side comparison in the title link will arrive at a very different conclusion.

Giant octopus attacks mini sub

Salmon researchers working on the Brooks Peninsula were shocked last November when an octopus attacked their expensive and sensitive equipment.


Now we need footage of giant squid attacks.

Wednesday, January 18, 2006

AJP M555N



The M55N is the PC MacBook Pro! I wonder if these are available in the states?

Specs are:
Intel Centrino Core Duo T2400 processor
a gig of DDR2 RAM
a 100GB SATA hard drive
15" widescreen @ 1400 x 1050
integrated graphics card with 128MB of dedicated VRAM
built in 1.3 megapixel digital camera
802.11 b/g
10/1000 Ethernet
modem
4-In-1 card reader
FireWire
S/PDif
3x USB2.0 ports
DVD-RW

Sunday, January 08, 2006

Optimus Keyboard on sale Feb 1 2006?



Please be true! I want to buy an Optimus Keyboard next month.

Saturday, January 07, 2006

Nearly 100, LSD's Father Ponders His 'Problem Child'


When he first created it in 1938, the drug yielded no significant pharmacological results. But when his work on ergot was completed, he decided to go back to LSD-25, hoping that improved tests could detect the stimulating effect on the body's circulatory system that he had expected from it. It was as he was synthesizing the drug on a Friday afternoon in April 1943 that he first experienced the altered state of consciousness for which it became famous. "Immediately, I recognized it as the same experience I had had as a child," he said. "I didn't know what caused it, but I knew that it was important."

When he returned to his lab the next Monday, he tried to identify the source of his experience, believing first that it had come from the fumes of a chloroform-like solvent he had been using. Inhaling the fumes produced no effect, though, and he realized he must have somehow ingested a trace of LSD. "LSD spoke to me," Mr. Hofmann said with an amused, animated smile. "He came to me and said, 'You must find me.' He told me, 'Don't give me to the pharmacologist, he won't find anything.' "

Thursday, January 05, 2006

Dell 3007WFP



Now shipping!
$2199...

Better and cheaper than the apple 30".